Terrorists who beheaded tourists in Atlas Mountains sentenced to death
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Salé, Morocco, Jul 18 (EFE).- Three terrorists who beheaded two Scandinavian tourists in the Atlas Mountains have been sentenced to death.
Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, were found murdered in their tent in Morocco in December.
Abdessamad Ejjoud, a 25-year-old street seller, carpenters Younes Ouaziyad, 27, and Rachid Afatti, 33, had all sworn allegiance to the so-called Islamic State before carrying out the brutal killings.
The trio were given the death penalty at a court in Salé, near the city of Rabat, on Thursday.
All three had previously confessed to the murder of the two women, who were mountaineering in the village of Imlil, near Mount Toubkal, the highest peak of the range in north Africa.
Another 21 defendants were also convicted for varying degrees of involvement in the crimes and were handed sentences of between five years and life imprisonment.
The main charges included terrorist offences, possession and use of weapons and attempts to manufacture explosives.
FOOTAGE OF THE COURT IN SALÉ, NEAR THE CITY OF RABAT, ON THURSDAY
Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, were found murdered in their tent in Morocco in December.
Abdessamad Ejjoud, a 25-year-old street seller, carpenters Younes Ouaziyad, 27, and Rachid Afatti, 33, had all sworn allegiance to the so-called Islamic State before carrying out the brutal killings.
The trio were given the death penalty at a court in Salé, near the city of Rabat, on Thursday.
All three had previously confessed to the murder of the two women, who were mountaineering in the village of Imlil, near Mount Toubkal, the highest peak of the range in north Africa.
Another 21 defendants were also convicted for varying degrees of involvement in the crimes and were handed sentences of between five years and life imprisonment.
The main charges included terrorist offences, possession and use of weapons and attempts to manufacture explosives.
FOOTAGE OF THE COURT IN SALÉ, NEAR THE CITY OF RABAT, ON THURSDAY